Duration
18h Th, 40h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Specialised master in the integrated management of health risks in the Global South | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Johann Detilleux, Frédéric Farnir, Philippe Lejeune, Catherine Linard, Tanguy Marcotty, Claude Saegerman
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is divided in 4 modules
1/ general introduction
2/ Geographic ingormation systems
3/ Statistical analyses and mathematical modelling
4/ Wrapping conclusion
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Introduction to GIS as a tool for spatial data capture, management and analysis in the context of the "one health". An important part of the course is dedicated to practical exercises, which allow students to discover a desktop GIS software (QGis) and to get familiar to statistical analyses of spatial data.
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to :
- deal with the basic concepts of geographic information systems
- handle the main functions of a desktopGIS software (data visualisation, data selection, layer symbolisation, geoprocessing, layout preparation);
- find and set up GIS resources (data, tools) on the web.
- carry out simple spatial analysis (descriptive statistics and regression models)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge of Excel
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A (fictitious) game of spatial data will be used for the exercises and the theoretical courses. The students will also learn to download and to use free softwares for spatial data.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures and online sessions and practical works.
Recommended or required readings
- Pdf files containing the lectures support will be available through eCampus
- Sutton T., Dassau O., Sutton M. [2009]. A Gentle Introduction to GIS - Brought to you with Quantum GIS, a Free and Open Source Software GIS Application for everyone. (http://linfiniti.com/dla/AGentleIntroductionToGIS.pdf)
Assessment methods and criteria
Exercices and questions on theory
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course material and the data sets are provided to the students through eCampus
Contacts
Lejeune Philippe - p.lejeune@ulg.ac.be
Catherine Linard - catherine.linard@unamur.be
Ludovic Martinelle - lmartinelle@ulg.ac.be
Tanguy Marcotty - tanguy.marcotty@gmail.com
Charles Michaux - charles.michaux@ulg.ac.be
Johann Detilleux - jdetilleux@ulg.ac.be